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Jaguar F-Type 75 review – one final drive in Jag’s sports car

This is the Jaguar XF – the updated model. I’ve wanted to have a go in it for a while. The last time I drove an XF was in 2016 when I had one as a long-term test car for Auto Express magazine. So I put the request in with Jaguar and they said of course I could have a go, but I better be quick because the XF wouldn’t be around for much longer.

While I knew I was to be one of the last journalists to drive the XF before it was axed, the car was deleted and the final XF trundled down the production line while I was testing the car – weeks before I had thought the final XF would be produced. So, in effect, I was reviewing an old car – the XF died while I was testing it for one last time!

Most cars don’t age very well and when they’re given a facelift it only serves to ruin the original design. In the case of the XF, though, I think this is a rare case of the facelift being prettier than the original…

And in contrast to a Mercedes E-Class or a 5 Series BMW, the Jag might look a little dated but it’s by far and away the prettiest. In this spec, I think the XF is stunning.

It’s a sad time because for a while the XF changed the face of Jaguar. Just like the original XJ, the first generation XF showed Jags could be cool and modern and didn’t have to be a fuddy-duddy pastiche like the S-type.

The XF’s demise is more symbolic than that though. It’s the last petrol-powered saloon car Jaguar ever made, before the legendary Coventry carmaker becomes a pure electric car brand. The next saloon will be a £100,000 electric GT to rival Bentley.

It’s the conclusion to a near 70-year romantic novel. From the 2.4 saloon of the mid 50s, through to the timeless XJ6 and thuggish XJR and up to this the XF, Jaguar’s petrol saloons have been legendary. It’s the end of an era.
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00:00 – Intro
00:50 – XF axed
01:30 – Styling
02:09 – Interior
05:17 – Driving
09:01 – End of an era